Thursday, January 24, 2008

Hey! Your trees are Blocking My solar Panels

Chop 'em Down! It's the law! It's, like, so warped, on so many levels. I don't even know where to begin. "Hey! I'm a bigger environmentalist than you are!" "Yeah, well, I drive a Prius!" "That's nothing. MY car is all electric."

Sequestering Carbon? Carbon? What's next? Nitrogen? And, get this: The Solar Shade Protection Act. Some people really mean it when they say there oughta be a law.

I am boggled.

5 comments:

Caleb said...

can you copy and paste the article text? I don't wanna register....

Dad said...

Yeah, sorry. it didn't make me register for some reason. The story is all over the place, though. Try this:

http://tiny.cc/xbD3J

Mom said...

Here is another article, with picture s including an aerial view of the trees, the properties, and the panels. And here is the text of the California Solar Shade Control Act. (I noticed in researching that several cities in California have exempted themselves from it. Apparently, this one didn't.)

Luke Murphy said...

This case would be a lot simpler if they would stop bickering over who's doing more for the "environment," and just figured out the case using simple property rights.

Mom said...

But Luke, this is happening in California. They don't think like that!